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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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Wisdom does not come overnight.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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